`Snot Alive!' Concert Album Celebrates the Hardcore Rock of Late Lamented Band.Entertainment Editors & Music/Retail Writers Snot is no more, but the band's music lives on. "Snot Alive!" (Hip-O Records Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. They are currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles ), released July 30, 2002, documents the group's explosive concert at the Palace in Hollywood in May 1998, just months before the tragic death of singer Lynn Strait James Lynn Strait (August 7, 1968 – December 11, 1998) was the lead singer and lyricist for the metal/punk band, Snot, which broke up after his death in a car accident on December 11, 1998. and the band's demise. For fans of the band and hard rock in general, "Snot Alive!" offers only the third album ever released by the group, which was produced by Mike Doling. In the late '90s hardcore SoCal scene, Santa Barbara-based Snot was the Next Big Thing. After earning widespread notoriety in its hometown, Snot branched out to shows in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where audiences soon lined up around the block to see the band's frenetic shows. Snot's debut album, 1997's "Get Some," on Geffen Records Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. Company history Beginnings , promised greatness, and the band subsequently won legions of fans while touring on OzzFest. Then, on December 11, 1998, Strait was killed in a car accident. While the remaining band members -- guitarists Mike Doling and Sonny Mayo, bassist John Fahnestock and drummer Jamie Miller -- moved on (Doling joining Soulfly, Fahnestock to Amen, Miller to The Start and Mayo to projects with Amen and Vex Red Vex Red were a band from Aldershot, England who merged hard rock with electronica. They were signed to Ross Robinson's label I Am after submitting their demo EP to a competition in Kerrang! magazine. ), they and their fans also have continued to celebrate Snot. In 2000, a tribute album, "Strait Up," primarily based on unfinished material originally intended for their second album, featured guest vocalists such as Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Korn's Jonathan Davis, Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath and System of a Down's Serj Tankian and members of Slipknot (web) SlipKnot - A graphical World-Wide Web browser specifically designed for Microsoft Windows users who have Unix shell accounts with their service providers. Its primary feature is that it does not require SLIP or PPP or TCP/IP services. , Sevendust, (hed)pe, Coal Chamber and Soulfly -- an impressive outpouring of support from the alt-metal community. The major-label album sold surprisingly well, and thus has led to "Snot Alive!" Included on "Snot Alive!" are powerful live performances of eight selections from "Get Some": "Snot," "Joy Ride," "I Jus' Lie," "Stoopid," "The Box," "Snooze Button," "Deadfall dead·fall n. 1. A trap for large animals in which a heavy weight is arranged to fall on and kill or disable the prey. 2. A mass of fallen timber and tangled brush. ," "Get Some" and "Tecato." Also heard is "Absent," whose studio version was a soundtrack contribution to the 1998 film "Strangeland" and became Strait's last recording (a posthumous remixed rendition was presented on "Strait Up"). Today, Snot continues to remain alive in the hearts of fans, thanks to reminders such as "Snot Alive!," of what was and what might have been. Note: Mike Doling and John Fahnestock available for interviews. |
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